Editing Blind Willie McTell (section)

==Influence==
[[File:StatesboroBlues.jpg|thumb|right|Label of "Statesboro Blues", one of McTell's most notable works]] McTell's influence extended over a wide variety of artists. His most famous song, "[[Statesboro Blues]]" was adapted by [[Taj Mahal (musician)|Taj Mahal]] with [[Jesse Ed Davis]] on slide guitar, then covered and frequently performed by the [[The Allman Brothers Band|Allman Brothers Band]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Deep Blues|author=Robert Palmer|year=1982|author-link=Robert Palmer (American writer)|publisher=[[Penguin Books]]|page=[https://archive.org/details/deepblues00palm/page/110 110]|isbn=978-0-14-006223-6|url=https://archive.org/details/deepblues00palm/page/110}}</ref> It also shows up on Canned Heat's "Goin' Up the Country" album. A short list of some of the artists who have performed the song includes [[David Bromberg]], [[Dave Van Ronk]], [[The Devil Makes Three (band)|The Devil Makes Three]], [[Chris Smither]] and [[Ralph McTell]], who changed his name because he liked the song.<ref>Hockenhull, Chris (1997). ''Streets of London: The Official Biography of Ralph McTell''. Northdown. p. 40. {{ISBN|1-900711-02-8}}.</ref> [[Ry Cooder]] covered McTell's "Married Man's a Fool" on his 1973 album, ''[[Paradise and Lunch]]''. [[Jack White (musician)|Jack White]], of the [[The White Stripes|White Stripes]], considers McTell an influence; the White Stripes album ''[[De Stijl (album)|De Stijl]]'' (2000) is dedicated to him and features a cover of his song "Southern Can Is Mine". The White Stripes also covered McTell's "[[Lord, Send Me an Angel]]", releasing it as a single in 2000. In 2013, Jack White's Third Man Records teamed up with Document Records to issue ''The Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order of Charley Patton, Blind Willie McTell and the Mississippi Sheiks''.

[[Bob Dylan]] paid tribute to McTell on at least four occasions. In his 1965 song "[[Highway 61 Revisited]]", the second verse begins, "Georgia Sam, he had a bloody nose", an allusion to one of McTell's many recording names (Note: there is no evidence that he used this name on any recordings). Dylan's song "[[Blind Willie McTell (song)|Blind Willie McTell]]" was recorded in 1983 and released in 1991 on ''[[The Bootleg Series Volumes 1-3]]''. Dylan also recorded covers of McTell's "Broke Down Engine" and "Delia" on his 1993 album, ''[[World Gone Wrong]]'';{{refn|group=note|In the liner notes for that album, Dylan wrote, "'Broke Down Engine' is a Blind Willie McTell masterpiece ... it's about Ambiguity, the fortunes of the privileged elite, flood control—watching the red dawn not bothering to dress {{sic}}."<ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=World Gone Wrong |year=1993 |url=http://www.bobdylan.com/albums/world-gone-wrong/ |access-date=April 13, 2020 |first=Bob |last=Dylan |author-link=Bob Dylan |type=liner notes |publisher=Special Rider Music }}</ref>}} Dylan's song "Po' Boy", on the album ''[[Love and Theft (Bob Dylan album)|Love and Theft]]'' (2001), contains the lyric "had to go to Florida dodging them Georgia laws", which comes from McTell's "Kill It Kid".<ref>"Kill It Kid", ''Last Session'', Bluesville BV 1040, released 1962.</ref>

The Bath-based band [[Kill It Kid]] is named after the song of the same title.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.spinner.com/2010/03/12/kill-it-kid-interview-sxsw-2010/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120909223850/http://www.spinner.com/2010/03/12/kill-it-kid-interview-sxsw-2010/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 9, 2012 |title=kill it kid interview sxsw 2010 |publisher=Spinner.com |date=March 12, 2010 |access-date=February 14, 2012 }}</ref>

A billiards bar and concert venue in Statesboro, Georgia, was named Blind Willie's in the 1990s.  The venue is now closed but remains a fond memory for Georgia Southern University students at the time.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/groups/100018062120/|title=I partied at Blind Willies (Statesboro, Ga.)|website=Facebook.com|access-date=January 29, 2020}}</ref>

Another Blind Willie's bar in the Virginia-Highlands neighborhood of Atlanta named after McTell that features blues musicians and bands.<ref name="blindwilliesblues.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.blindwilliesblues.com/|title=Blind Willie's – Atlanta's Finest Blues Bar|website=Blindwillieblues.com|access-date=July 22, 2015}}</ref> The Blind Willie McTell Blues Festival is held annually in Thomson, Georgia.<ref name="blindwilliesblues.com"/>

In 1996, the novelist and former music journalist David Fulmer released ''Blind Willie's Blues'', a 53-minute documentary about McTell’s life, times, and music, with interviews with African-American history professor Daphne Duval Harrison, blues musician Taj Mahal, guitarist Stefan Grossman, Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun, McTell's former brother-in-law Rev. A.J. Williams, and Edward Rhodes, who produced McTell's ''Last Sessions'' recording. In late 2023, the film was remastered by the Southeastern Folklife Collection at Valdosta State University and is currently streaming on YouTube.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8iPBtbcJsM&t=48s|title=Blind Willie's Blues|date=November 7, 2023|access-date=December 2, 2024|via=YouTube}}</ref>